Whip-socket.



J. BOWSER.

WHIP SOCKET. APPLIO'ATIOR FILED AUG. 4, 19. 11;

avwzuto'n -1,038,276, Patented Sgpt.10 ,1912

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' JAMES r. s'owsmz, or xr'rrannine, rnnnsvnvmla To all whom it mayconcern y Be it known that I, James Y. BOWBER, a. citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Kittannin in the county of Armstron and State ofennsylvania, have invente new and useful Improvements in Whip-Sockets,

' "of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain novel im rovemenfs. in' lookingdevices for whip SOCGtS.'

In carryin out m invention it is my object to provij e a w ip lock whichmay be. readily'attached to any ordinary wh'i socket to-efi'ectivelysustain the whip wit in'the. socket without danger of the same beinremoved therefrom except by the owner 0 the,

device. Heretofore, in the construction of arm of the said blank beingsuch devices, complicated 'inechanism has,

been employed which not only adds to thecost of construction but whichrequires-a great amount of time and patience in unlocking the same, sothat. the whip may be removed from the sockets a It is my object toovercome the above.re-. cited ob'ections by constructing a whi socketwhich is formed from a single blan of suitable resilient material theattaching bent to engage the mouth or lip of the socket and beingprovided'with an e'ngagin member or collar whichis arran' ed direct yabove the said mouth and'w'hic is adapted to en age with thewhip to lockthe same within e socket, 1 With the above and other objects of'asimilar nature in view, the'invention consists in the construction andarrangement of parts setnfo'rth in and falling withinjthe sec e of theappended'claim.'

n the accompanying. drawmgs',"Figure 1. is a ers'pective yiew, 01 a"whipsocket provided With'IiY-ffll roved'lock, the-whip bea ing indicatedby} e-dotted lines. Fig, 2i'sthe numer moved from the view of a similarview ofthetilbckingelement V I 3-;is, a. plan" the, b anlrp r is formed.n g Referring} nowlto the drawings 'mdetail,

a. which is" provided with an j'ordinary en-' largedor bulging-portion 2arranged adjat ee s #1 designates the whip s'bcket- Specification ofSetters l atent. Pat t djs lppllcation flled August}, I

' I cent its upperortionor mouth; The socket lll-ustrated in t e drawingis of the conven tional t e ordinarily employed on carriages or the like, and the same'is merely. shownv to illustrate the application of theimprovement thereon. Y

locking device. This viceis constructed of a single piece of suitableresilient material and comprises a central web 4 having its ends formedwith elongated strips5 and 6'each of which is adapted to be curved toprovide a collar-as will be set forth. The strip 5 is curved around thesocket 1 directly below the enlarged portion 2 thereof, and the ends ofthe said strap may be secured together through the medium of a rivet 7,as illustrated 1n the drawing, or by any other analo ous securingdevice. The web 4 is continuef downwardly for a suitable dis- ;tanceiri,a direct plane with the strap 6 and is then bent upwardly andoutwardly and continued to its point of connection with the stra n'ote dthat the web 4 tightly engages with both th e 'outer and inner surfaceof the. socket l'at the enlar ed portion 2 thereof, while the portion ofthe stra depending from the strap 6. serves as an a ditional contact-forthe whip when enga ed by the said strap 6. The strap 6-is rounfed toprovide a reduced collar, the said collar bein adapted to overlie thecentral portion of t e mouth of the socket. The opposite ends of the.strap are extended beyond the said collar to 85 provide oppositelyarrangedarms 10, and,

the said arms, are eachformed with an alinirig -opening 11, said o'ening being -adaptedjto receive the hasp 0 an ordinary spring lock 12.

Fromthe above description taken in con- "nection' with the accompanymdrawingsf the simplicity, as well as the'a vantages o 9 "the device,will, it is thought, be apparent to those skilled in the art to whichthe in- Having thus described the mventlon, 'what 1c aim as new is Awhip lock for whip sockets comprising 100 The numeral 3 designates theimproved e 6. By this. arrangement, it will be 95. vention appertains without further descripa collar embracing a socket to secure the thesocket,' and means for connecting the lock thereto, a strip connected atits lower ends of the said spllt elastic collar. 10

end to the collar and engaging the upper In testimon whereof I-effix-mysignature extending upwardly above its engagement Witnesses V end of thesocket to prevent the downward in presence 0 two Witnesses. movement ofthe collar thereon, said strip JAMES Y. BOWSER with the socket, and asplit elastic collar JOHN S. FREDERICK, carried by the said extensionwith relation to STANLEY Gr. SLEASE.

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Washington, I). 0.

